The Government of São Paulo is studying ways to punish employees who failed to comply with legal measures related to this Tuesday’s strike (28).
More than 4.6 million passengers could be left without access to rail transport this Tuesday (28). To avoid chaos, the Court was called in and determined, after concluding that the strike had a political and not a labor nature, that 80% of Metro services and 85% of CPTM services should operate during peak hours, with 60% during other periods.
To try to guarantee the minimum percentage of staff, Metrô summoned workers individually. A CNN had access to the communication that was sent to employees. In the document, the state-owned company recalls the court decision.
Even so, only 12% of Metro employees are working this morning. Regarding CPTM, 70% of workers are working.
The Court also determined a fine for failing to comply with the minimum staff required. The penalty for the union that represents the subway workers is R$700,000 per day and R$600,000 for the one in charge of CPTM employees. However, governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) believes that it is not enough. “The union says it doesn’t have money and won’t pay. Hence, the idea of individualizing conduct”, explained Freitas.
The president of the metro, Julio Castiglioni, denies that the possible penalties could represent a breach of the workers’ right to strike.
The governor guarantees that these punishments must take place within the possibilities of labor laws and with “reasonableness and proportionality”.
Source: CNN Brasil
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